Had a pretty challenging Inorganic Midterm last Saturday. The duration was 2 hours and it was a lengthy paper. In a way, I enjoyed doing the paper as one of the questions really challenged my intellectual faculty and made me think from all angles.

Following that, I travelled to 深圳 for a short weekend getaway with Emily. It was a shopping cum sightseeing trip. The other time when I went with Yuin Yee, Daniel, 赵宇 and 书成, I mentioned that 世界之窗 was a disappointment. Initially, we wanted to visit 锦绣中华 and 中国民族文化村 as Emily told me that they'll be better than 世界之窗 and the 2 dances in 锦绣中华 at 1700 and 1930 were really good. However, we reached there at pretty late hours and we decided not to tour the place as it'll not worth the cost. I'll love to visit them one of these days, hopefully before I return back to Singapore.

Oh yah, I manage to fly a kite outside Singapore! We went to 莲花山公园's 风筝广场 to fly kite. The kites there are really cheap and of much better quality than those in Singapore. It's on RMB$10 and it's made of cloths, unlike those paper quality ones in Marina South.

Following that, we went up slope to look at the statue of 邓小平. Yes, we went all the way up just to take a look at his bronze statue. I was expecting a spectacular view of 深圳 from the hill top but to my disappointment, it's too misty (due to pollution?) and the photos didn't turn out well.

Other than that, we didn't see anything very exciting; on a final note, we did quite a bit of shopping over there and it was a pretty fruitful trip. Ah yes, if you happen to go there, the following is a must-try dish:

It's steamed chicken in some special leaf. Very fragrant and one of the finest dish in the Chinese cuisine.